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Jackie Klein

This article is about the American gymnast. For the British art historian, see Jacky Klein.

Jackie Klein
Klein in 1956
Personal information
Full nameJacquelyn Joyce Klein
Born (1937-07-11) July 11, 1937 (age 87)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubLincoln Turners
Coached byErna Wachtel

Jacquelyn Joyce "Jackie" Klein (later Fie, born July 11, 1937) is a retired American artistic gymnast, coach, referee and official. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of 49th place in the balance beam.[2]

Klein retired soon after the Olympics due to a back injury. In 1959, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University,[3] and then had a long career as a physical education teacher, gymnastics coach, judge and administrator. Since the 1970s, she was a member of the International Federation of Gymnastics and was named its honorary vice-president upon her retirement in 2004. Within the Federation she served as vice-president of the Women's Technical Committee (WTC) in 1984–1992, and in 1992 became the first American WTC president. In 1979, Klein was inducted into the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame[4] and, in 2014, into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1]

Klein is married to Larry Fie, they have two sons.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jackie Fie. ighof.com
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jackie Klein". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  3. ^ Jacque Day Archer; Jamie Wirsbinski Santoro (2007). Rogers Park. Arcadia Publishing. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-7385-4139-6.
  4. ^ a b FIE-Klein, Jacquelyn J. “Jackie” Archived November 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. gymnasticshalloffame.org
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